Determining most relevant accounts in a conversation

Abstract

A computing device can receive at least a first post in association with a first account, a second post in association with the first account, the second post being associated with the first post, a third post in association with a second account, the third post being associated with the first post, a fourth post in association with the second account, the fourth post being associated with the first post, and a fifth post in association with a third account, the fifth post being associated with the first post, determine that the first account and the second account are most relevant to a conversation, and based on determining that the first account and the second account are most relevant to the conversation, present the first post, the second post, the third post, and the fourth post without presenting the fifth post.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions stored thereon that, when executed by at least one processor, are configured to cause a computing device to:
 receive at least a first post and a second post authored by a first account, the second post replying to the first post, a third post and a fourth post authored by a second account, the third post and the fourth post replying to the first post, and a fifth post authored by a third account, the fifth post replying to the first post, the first post including an identifier that identifies the second account; 
 determine that the first account and the second account are most relevant to a conversation based on:
 the first post being a root post in the conversation, the first post being authored by the first account, and the first post including the identifier that identifies the second account, the conversation including at least the first post, the second post, the third post, the fourth post, and the fifth post; and 
 a number of posts authored by the first account that include identifiers that identify the second account and a number of posts authored by the second account that include identifiers that identify the first account meeting or exceeding a threshold proportion of posts in the conversation that were authored by the first account and posts that were authored by the second account; and 
 
 based on the determining that the first account and the second account are most relevant to the conversation, present the first post, the second post, the third post, and the fourth post without presenting the fifth post. 
 
     
     
       2. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of  claim 1 , wherein the determining that the first account and the second account are most relevant to the conversation is also based on a number of posts included in the conversation that are authored by either the first account or the second account meeting or exceeding a threshold proportion of posts included in the conversation. 
     
     
       3. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of  claim 1 , wherein the determining that the first account and the second account are most relevant to the conversation is also based on a number of posts included in the conversation that were authored by the first account that include identifiers identifying the second account and a number of posts authored by the second account that include identifiers identifying the first account meeting or exceeding a threshold proportion of posts included in the conversation. 
     
     
       4. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of  claim 1 , wherein the determining that the first account and the second account are most relevant to the conversation is also based on a number of posts authored by the first account that are responsive to posts authored by the second account and posts authored by the second account that are responsive to posts authored by the first account. 
     
     
       5. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of  claim 1 , wherein the receiving the first post authored by the first account comprises receiving a message, the message including the first post and identifying the first account as an author of the first post. 
     
     
       6. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of  claim 1 , wherein the presenting the first post, the second post, the third post, and the fourth post without presenting the fifth post comprises presenting posts authored by either the first account or the second account without presenting posts authored by accounts other than the first account or the second account. 
     
     
       7. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of  claim 1 , wherein the presenting the first post, the second post, the third post, and the fourth post without presenting the fifth post comprises presenting the first post with a first color identifying the first account, the second post with the first color identifying the first account, the third post with a second color identifying the second account, and the fourth post with the second color identifying the second account. 
     
     
       8. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of  claim 1 , wherein the instructions are further configured to cause the computing device to:
 present a prompt to display additional posts; and 
 in response to receiving input to the prompt, present the fifth post. 
 
     
     
       9. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of  claim 1 , wherein:
 the first post includes text and the identifier, the identifier identifying the second account; and 
 the determination that the first account and the second account are most relevant to the conversation is also based on the identifier included in the first post that identifies the second account being after the text. 
 
     
     
       10. A method performed by a computing device, the method comprising:
 receiving at least a first post and a second post authored by a first account, the second post replying to the first post, a third post and a fourth post authored by a second account, the third post and fourth post replying to the first post, and a fifth post authored by a third account, the fifth post replying to the first post, the first post including an identifier that identifies the second account; 
 determining that the first account and the second account are most relevant to a conversation based on:
 the first post being a root post in the conversation, the first post being authored by the first account, and the first post including the identifier that identifies the second account, the conversation including at least the first post, the second post, the third post, the fourth post, and the fifth post; and 
 a number of posts authored by the first account that include identifiers that identify the second account and a number of posts authored by the second account that include identifiers that identify the first account meeting or exceeding a threshold proportion of posts in the conversation that were authored by the first account and posts that were authored by the second account; and 
 
 based on the determining that the first account and the second account are most relevant to the conversation, presenting the first post, the second post, the third post, and the fourth post without presenting the fifth post. 
 
     
     
       11. The method of  claim 10 , wherein the determining that the first account and the second account are most relevant to the conversation is also based on a number of posts included in the conversation that are authored by either the first account or the second account meeting or exceeding a threshold proportion of posts included in the conversation. 
     
     
       12. The method of  claim 10 , wherein the determining that the first account and the second account are most relevant to the conversation is based on a number of posts included in the conversation that were either authored by the first account and include identifiers identifying the second account or were authored by the second account and include identifiers identifying the first account meeting or exceeding a threshold proportion of posts included in the conversation. 
     
     
       13. The method of  claim 10 , wherein the determining that the first account and the second account are most relevant to the conversation is also based on a number of posts authored by the first account that are responsive to posts authored by the second account and posts authored by the second account that are responsive to posts authored by the first account. 
     
     
       14. The method of  claim 10 , wherein the receiving the first post authored by the first account comprises receiving a message, the message including the first post and identifying the first account as an author of the first post. 
     
     
       15. The method of  claim 10 , wherein the presenting the first post, the second post, the third post, and the fourth post without presenting the fifth post comprises presenting posts authored by either the first account or the second account without presenting posts authored by accounts other than the first account or the second account. 
     
     
       16. The method of  claim 10 , wherein the presenting the first post, the second post, the third post, and the fourth post without presenting the fifth post comprises presenting the first post with a first color identifying the first account, the second post with the first color identifying the first account, the third post with a second color identifying the second account, and the fourth post with the second color identifying the second account. 
     
     
       17. The method of  claim 10 , wherein the method further includes:
 presenting a prompt to display additional posts; and 
 in response to receiving input to the prompt, presenting the fifth post. 
 
     
     
       18. The method of  claim 10 , wherein:
 the first post includes text and the identifier after the text, the identifier identifying the second account; and 
 the determination that the first account and the second account are most relevant to the conversation is also based on the identifier included in the first post that identifies the second account being after the text.